Tag: Holocaust

Whoopi Goldberg Co-Host Responds to People Who Think Suspension Not Enough

Sara Haines, a co-host of Whoopi Goldberg from “The View,” showed support for the long-time talk show host after several fans said they think the length of her suspension is not enough in comparison to what she did. Goldberg has been widely criticized after declaring that the Holocaust was “not about race”—which was followed by…


NTD News Today Full Broadcast (Feb. 02)

Actor Whoopi Goldberg has been suspended from the talk show The View. It comes after she argued the Holocaust was not about race. The co-host has since apologized. Senators on the Judiciary Committee are considering three of President Joe Biden’s nominees for a federal district judge. What are some of the Senators concerned about? And…


Whoopi Goldberg Suspended Over Holocaust Comments

Whoopi Goldberg, the longtime co-host of “The View,” who was widely criticized this week after declaring that the Holocaust was “not about race,” has been suspended for two weeks from ABC on Tuesday. “Effective immediately, I am suspending Whoopi Goldberg for two weeks for her wrong and hurtful comments,” ABC News President Kim Godwin said…


Whoopi Goldberg Apologizes for Saying the Holocaust Was ‘Not About Race’

“The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg has apologized for her widely criticized remark that the Holocaust was “not about race.” Facing a social media outcry over her take on the mass genocide of six million Jews, Goldberg released a statement Monday evening, apologizing for the “hurt” she had caused. “On Today’s show, I said the Holocaust…


Holocaust Awareness Leads People to Be More Compassionate to Religious and Cultural Minorities

A first and largest survey of its kind has found that people who have a higher level of Holocaust awareness were more likely to have warmer feelings towards religious and cultural minority or disadvantaged groups including Hindus, Muslims, and Buddhists as well as asylum seekers and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. However, almost a…


Portugal Honors Diplomat Who Saved Thousands From Nazis

LISBON, Portugal—Portugal paid official homage Tuesday to Aristides de Sousa Mendes, a Portuguese diplomat who during World War II helped save thousands of people from Nazi persecution, by placing a tomb with his name in the country’s National Pantheon. Leading Portuguese politicians and public figures attended the formal televised ceremony as the tomb was placed…


Antisemitism in Canada at Levels Not Seen Since World War II: Former Justice Minister

Canada has been experiencing some of the worst outbreaks of antisemitism not seen since the end of the Second World War, says former justice minister Irwin Cotler, Canada’s special envoy on preserving Holocaust remembrance and combating antisemitism. “What we’re witnessing has been a global escalation in antisemitism, but Canada has not been free from that…


Deep Dive (Oct. 15): Whited House: US to Welcome Fully Vaccinated Travelers

The United States is opening back up. The White House says fully vaccinated foreign visitors can start entering the country on Nov. 8. The new guidelines apply to America’s air, land, and sea borders. A White House official says more details are coming soon about “very limited exceptions” and which COVID-19 vaccines will be accepted….


Deep Dive (Oct. 15): White House: US to Welcome Fully Vaccinated Travelers

The United States is opening back up. The White House says fully vaccinated foreign visitors can start entering the country on Nov. 8. The new guidelines apply to America’s air, land, and sea borders. A White House official says more details are coming soon about “very limited exceptions” and which COVID-19 vaccines will be accepted….


Who Would Hide a Jew If Nazis Took Over America?

Commentary There is something about most Jews that few non-Jews know: We Jews often ask ourselves if a non-Jew in our lives would hide us in the event of a Nazi-like outbreak. I don’t know if young Jews think about this, but nearly all Jews who grew up in the decades following the Holocaust often…